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Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."
Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."
Bean's Caddo Parish colleague, former Republican state Senator [[Max T. Malone]] said onn learning of Bean's death: We lost a great individual today. He had a courageous battle with his medical problems that resulted from his military service. … His agenda was to bring the most he could to Shreveport and Bossier City -- that was his main agenda."<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/3232008/former-louisiana-state-senator-ron-bean-dies/|title=Former Louisiana State Senator Ron Bean Dies|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=April 19, 2005|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
Bean's Caddo Parish colleague, former Republican state Senator [[Max T. Malone]] said onn learning of Bean's death: We lost a great individual today. He had a courageous battle with his medical problems that resulted from his military service. … His agenda was to bring the most he could to Shreveport and Bossier City -- that was his main agenda."<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/3232008/former-louisiana-state-senator-ron-bean-dies/|title=Former Louisiana State Senator Ron Bean Dies|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=April 19, 2005|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
=="The ultimate in courage"==
=="The ultimate in courage"==
"I am delighted that my peers thought enough of me to vote for me," Bean said. "I consider myself a Moderate Republican, who can get along with folks on both sides of the fence. I hope I can contribute in a positive way to the bipartisan effort in the Senate to move the state forward."
"I am delighted that my peers thought enough of me to vote for me," Bean said. "I consider myself a Moderate Republican, who can get along with folks on both sides of the fence. I hope I can contribute in a positive way to the bipartisan effort in the Senate to move the state forward."
==Later years==
==Later years==
Bean lost his only son, John E. Bean (1961-2000), the victim of a traffic accident. Sherri Buffington said that Bean didn't "break down" until after he left the hospital, where he'd been "trying to take care of John's children and his daughter-in-law … I think one of the most defining statements I ever heard him make was when we were driving away and he was crying," said Buffington, after talking of how close the father and son were. "He said, 'I have to remember that for forty years I've had what some people never have in a lifetime.' That's Ron. He was always able to take a negative and make something positive out of it."
Bean lost his only son, John E. Bean (1961-2000), the victim of a traffic accident. Sherri Buffington said that Bean didn't "break down" until after he left the hospital, where he'd been "trying to take care of John's children and his daughter-in-law … I think one of the most defining statements I ever heard him make was when we were driving away and he was crying," said Buffington, after talking of how close the father and son were. "He said, 'I have to remember that for forty years I've had what some people never have in a lifetime.' That's Ron. He was always able to take a negative and make something positive out of it."